A Reading Family.May and June are months for moms, dads and grads. So, we've made this our annual family issue, with something for every member of the family and books covering every familial relationship. We've begun with fathers and sons. For our cover story, Paul Robeson Jr., the author of a new biography of his father, is interviewed by a "brother biographer" Juan Williams For the Chilean naval officer see Juan Williams Rebolledo Juan Williams, National Public Radio's Senior Correspondent, is a African-American Emmy Award–winning writer, and radio and television correspondent, who has written for The Washington Post , who has also faced the challenge of writing about a larger than life larg·er than life adj. Very impressive or imposing: "This is a person of surpassing integrity; a man of the utmost sincerity; somewhat larger than life" Joyce Carol Oates. , yet still very human, black hero--Thurgood Marshall. Couples get their due in this issue with our first feature story on bridal books. It shares our discovery of a surprisingly diverse and well-done collection of planning guides and other must reading for the betrothed and their crew of organizers for their big day. Publication of the National Council of Negro Women's incredible historical cookbook (programming) cookbook - (From amateur electronics and radio) A book of small code segments that the reader can use to do various magic things in programs. One current example is the "PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook" by Adobe Systems, Inc (Addison-Wesley, ISBN (page 62) made us sure not to forget our grandmothers. And we didn't overlook our young folk, especially those making strides in the book publishing book publishing. The term publishing means, in the broadest sense, making something publicly known. Usually it refers to the issuing of printed materials, such as books, magazines, periodicals, and the like. industry (page 14). We at BIBR BIBR Bay Islands Beach Resort (Roatan, Honduras) BIBR Backward Indicator Bit Received believe all readers owe these young black publishing professionals a debt of thanks. They are stoking the fires of the explosion of black books that happened a decade ago. They keep the fires going! There are more varied reading choices for African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. than ever, choices that might have fizzled were it not for their talents and sheer numerical invasion of the once lily white publishing world. There's a special treat for our children and those helping grow them into tomorrow's readers. An interview with award-winner Jackie Woodson (page 80) expands our view of "family" and leads our current crop of visually delicious kids book reviews. Some subjects--like spirituality and art--suit every member of the family. We're proud to bring on board a new associate editor Sharita Hunt who in this issue launches a new department "Faith" (page 52). It will be included regularly in BIBR and cover books by the expanding cadre of black writers of all religious persuasions expressing their faith in print. And finally, EYE, our department devoted to visual books (page 42), features a book on the museum-quality art collection of one of black America's most beloved families--Bill and Camille Cosby. All of us who publish BIBR are a family bound by our love of books, and we're sorry that a member of our clan, Samiya Bashir, is moving on to join the ranks of freelance writers. She's still part of our family, though, and will remain a contributing writer and editor. To us at BIBR it's not that, we're losing Samiya, we've gained Mondella Jones (page 16), who joins us as publishing manager/senior editor after an impressive stint at the Howard University Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly emancipated slaves. A normal and preparatory department was opened the same year. Bookstore. From the BIBR family to your reading family--whether you're family by blood bonds or simply book bonds--this issue is for you. Enjoy! WILLIAM E. COX William Elijah Cox (September 6, 1861 - March 11, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Born on a farm near Birdseye, Indiana, Cox attended the common and high schools of Huntingburg and Jasper, Indiana. President/Editor-in-Chief |
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